Definisjon av olympiad

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Noun

olympiad - the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiad
athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics a contest between athletes
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Substantiv

olympiad - A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b. c. ; as, the era of the olympiads.
olympiad - An occurrence of the Olympic games.
olympiad - A competition or series of competitions resembling an Olympiad, especially in science.

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  • An Olympiad is a period of four years, associated with the Olympic Games of Classical Greece. In the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, Olympiads were used as calendar epoch. In this reckoning, the first Olympiad lasted from the summer of 776 BC to that of 772 BC.

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  • olympiad
    A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.

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